The Los Angeles Times reports today (11/16/10) that Barack Obama might give a tax break to the wealthy after all:
Obama has loosened his longstanding view that tax cuts should be extended permanently only for households earning less than $250,000 a year ($200,000 for singles).
When a reporter suggests that a politician has “loosened” his position on an important issue, it must be the kind of flip-flop the media don’t find objectionable.
February 23, 2011
WASHINGTON â┚¬“ President Obama has directed the Justice Department to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act â┚¬” the 1996 law that bars federal recognition of same-sex marriages â┚¬” in court.
March 28, 2011
WASHINGTON â┚¬“ President Obama told a student who received a deportation notice that, “America is a nation of laws, which means I, as the president, am obligated to enforce the law.” He also said, “There are enough laws on the books by Congress that are very clear in terms of how we have to enforce our immigration system that for me to simply, through executive order, ignore those congressional mandates, would not conform with my appropriate role as president.”